#which is like dogs wolves foxes cats etc

[marc--chilton]

i saw your house-would-be-not-happy-to-have-a-tail-that-uncontrollably-wags-around-wilson post and i feel the need to share with you what animals i think the PPTH losers would be if they were furries. i'm not a furry but in this case i have Thoughts about their animal counterparts.

House: if he's a dog, he's a beat-up-looking shelter-dog, a rottweiler or a doberman or an american bully or a pit bull (bullies are like if pit bulls were bred to be built even more like tanks). but i think he'd be a cat (either a nonspecific longish-haired tabby with some matting issues or a maine coon also with matting issues) or a coyote.

Wilson: golden retriever. easy.

Chase: dingo. also easy.

Cameron: long-furred dachshund.

Masters: chihuahua. small but opinionated.

Foreman: he's like House, but if House was better cared for (not a coyote though). so instead of being a scarred and hunched rottweiler/doberman/pit bull/american bully, he's the type of those breeds who would win a dog show. he's polished.

Taub: a little yippy terrier-mix mutt

Thirteen: a gorbeiakoa basque shepherd dog

Cuddy: an american water spaniel

please share more of your furrymd headcanons! :) and also pleasssseee tell me if you agree with my analysis.

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i've had similar discussions before about house md animals in the past but never thought of them as furries but as actual feral critters so my opinions vary depending on Vibe

bc like i will always and forever advocate for less popular species being explored so in this case, less dogs/cats

house - goat or sheep, evokes imagery of wolf in sheep's clothing or lucifer; mockery of religious imagery he is both compared to and challenging (see: house vs god, the entire 'god doesn't limp' scene)

wilson - bear. like a teddy bear, obviously. makes you think he's more a stuffed toy than the actual animal. but he most certainly still is an animal.

cuddy - horse. beautiful hair, gorgeous beast so sleek and dark she shines rosy, a perfect white diamond on her nose, and horseshoes to stomp you to death with

chase - honestly a dingo's pretty alright for him but just to be different, a bilby!! they're charismatic and beloved by australians. in new jersey though most people are like "what's a bilby??"

foreman - rat, they have bad reputations that foreman still has to endure even as a doctor.

cameron - rabbit, usually associated with life though cameron is more accustomed to death (her widowing)

taub - burrowing owl. just look at how taublike. or a bat.

thirteen - tbh she's soooo a wolf she's like the grown up version of your first wolfsona, that's just her Vibe, but again to be different..... opossum. kind of scary at first but turns out she's really cool. did you know opossums' body temperatures are too low for them to actually carry rabies. they can still get it, it's just super rare

kutner - ferret!! excitable, fun, so so sillay, does best in a group

[blimbo-buddy]

at least from what I’ve seen, I feel as though many aspiring xenofiction writers severely limit themselves to realistic, real world animal stories.

of course there isn’t anything wrong with such stories but it’s cool to see absolutely balls to the walls stories and setting. I think we forget that xenofiction applies to anything that is non-human which includes things like robots, aliens, objects, etc. Hell you can even add in any sort of furry story and it could count as xenofiction since we’re following the stories of non-human characters

and then with those realistic xenofiction stories following real world animals , we come to another roadblock where it seems that there’s a noticeable lack of diversity in which animals these stories follow. Again I can’t stress enough that it doesn’t matter if your xenofiction follows a commonly used animal (cats, dogs, rabbits, foxes, wolves, etc.), if that’s an area you’re knowledgeable in and you got a good premise for it that only works with that species, go for it! These are my own personal thoughts and not a game of “Deciding who is unoriginal”

[talkingattumble]

Another quick poll before I go

Reblog with the specific kind of tail and/or why! These pills are super fun to run and I always love seeing peoples different reasons behind their choices.

For clarification:

All dog breed apply under dogs, and all canines apply under that also. For example, coyotes, wolves, wild dogs, and jackals all belong under that option

Same goes for cats. All cat breeds apply, and so do animals like tigers, lions, and Pallas cats.

The stinger can sting people.

By supports your weight, I mean you can hang from the monkey tail the same way monkeys do, it’s basically like another hand

Things like alligators, Komodo dragons, and even salamanders go under the lizard option (I know salamanders aren’t lizards but I didn’t have enough options for a salamander option)

The horse tail does not have to match your hair color

I know that giraffe donkey elephant etc option seems super random, but really I just meant any tail that’s thin with a tuft on the end. Excluding lions, which go under the cat option

[seeraphina]

for context:

i was discussing with my sister about how odd i think bears are (as i am prone to do) and how i find it difficult to sort them into one of the main subgroups of mammals that first come to mind, like are they more catlike? doglike? i feel like i can sort most mammals into one of these categories but bears are just so odd idk where they go. and she (my sister) looks me dead in the eye and goes, "wtf are you talking about? they're so obviously most similar to gorillas." ????????????????????????????????? i haven't stopped thinking about this reply since then cause it is sooo very wrong and honestly just fucking shocking lmao i need to know how other people think about this

(also turns out bears are just from the 'ursidae' family which literally only contain bears and a bunch of extinct animals so i was technically right in thinking that they're odd and separate)

[popfizzles]

We're looking to add another reference base to our Etsy and would love some feedback!

We currently already have a very customizable Domestic Cat base which you can purchase and download which you can find [here] if you're interested! Here's a visual of the reference with the most basic options;

Reblogging helps us reach a larger audience, and spreads the link to our Etsy!! Thank you!!

[deathmetalunicorn1]

What if Jack,Hercules, Hermes, Thor, Hlokk, and any other characters you want got sucked through a portal and meet there au dog counterparts and there owner who is a single mom and her daughters one is in her teens and the other is a toddler who just learned how to walk steady on her feet.

•Dog Jack and dog Hercules like to walk the older daughter to and from the bus stop, they live on a farm in the country so the bus stop (which is basically a tree with a bench underneath it) is a long,long way from the house.

•Dog Jack has his own puppy a little female who is the runt of the litter. His owner breed him with a Great Dane female who belonged to an acquaintance and then when the pups were sold they went there separate ways. All the other puppies got sold but they let Jack keep this one since they became so attached to each other,Hlokk is pretty much her big sister (or should I say small sister, even a runt from a half Great Dane litter would be kinda tall.).

•Hlokk can tell it’s them cuz of her keen nose,Jack made a comment in an extra chapter that she has a keen nose. And if that wasn’t enough to convince them the dogs even have the same names as them and look exactly like them lol.

•Each dog has there own role to play on the farm like for example:

•guarding the house and the barn at night.

•rounding up the hens if they get loose.

•chasing foxes and or raccoons out of the hen house.

•herding the sheep.

•keeping predators like wolves and cougars out of the horse corral and barn.

•making sure the cats doing it’s job as pest control eating rats,mice,snakes,etc

.•babysitting (yes Jack and or Hercules babysit BOTH daughters even if the older says she doesn’t need it. They know she likes the company.).

•being escorts for the girls is one of them (a self assigned role) they both get a hug a kiss and an I love you before she says goodbye and gets on the bus and when she gets of the bus.

This was fun, but reading your posts on the dogs to use, I couldn't help but wonder what a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier and a Great Dane mutt would look like. Great Danes are short, coated breeds, so I'm curious if it would have longer fur or not. Great thinking question and an interesting idea for a post. Thank you.

-It started with an accident, a magic spell gone wrong, spiriting away 2 gods, 2 demi-gods, and 1 human, dropping them in front of a large farmhouse.

-A young teen girl had been on the porch, and she ran inside, calling for her mother who quickly ran out, the teen holding a toddler in her arms, peeking out from behind her mother.

-The magic seal that brought them to you was still glowing as you put your hands on your hips, eyes narrowing, “What magic brought you here?”

-Hermes and Thor were a bit surprised you knew about magic, as you were a human, but Hermes was the one to speak, “A magic spell gone wrong. We overestimated the power needed to teleport across Valhalla and wound up here. How is it that you know of magic?”

-You smiled, almost mysteriously, “It’s not the first time I’ve had guests like you lot.”

-Loud barking filled the air and attention turned to two large dogs charging towards the group, with a third, smaller dog running behind them.

-The dogs put themselves in between your new guests and your family, growling darkly until you told them to stand down, as they were distrustful of strangers.

-You grinned at the guests, “Sorry about that, Hercules, Jack, and little Hlokk here aren’t too fond of strangers.”

-Eyes went wide and jaws dropped, looking at the three massive dogs, a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, who’s long facial fur looked strangely similar to Jack’s mustache, and a Carpathian Shepard, who was massive, but once you told him to stand down, he was sitting down with his tail wagging a million miles per hour, reminding them all of a certain Greek demigod. Hlokk was a mutt, half Wheaten Terrier, half Great Dane, she was smaller than her father, Jack, but was still a large dog, wearing a bright pink collar around her neck.

-You were surprised to learn the names of your guests, a giggle bubbling out of you before Hermes surmised that they were in an alternate dimension, where they were all animals instead of being gods or a human in Jack’s case.

-Hercules initially was unsure of this idea, until Glokk spoke, pointing at her nose, “No, Hermes is right, your scents are both very similar, plus they look like you.”

-Hercules was quick to accept it, quickly bonding with Hercules while your Jack trotted over to their Jack and sat beside him, looking up at him as if he was expecting pats, which he quickly got, looking content.

-You introduced yourself before your two daughters, Michelle, or Mickey as she prefers, and your toddler, Poppy.

-Mickey was a bit uneasy with these guests, being a bit distrustful, while Poppy was giggling brightly, waving her arms out towards Thor who was a bit surprised that the toddler didn’t look afraid of him at all.

-Hermes was able to calculate that he could get them all back to their own dimension, but it would take a day or two, and you didn’t hesitate to welcome them into your home.

-Hercules teased Hermes when Poppy saw your black cat that you kept on the farm for pest control, carrying him over, the cat looking calm and wasn’t fighting, “Hermy!”

-Hermes was amused that he was a cat, the two quickly liking each other, as they were so similar in personality.

-Mickey was a bit wary around the men, as they were strangers, until Jack saw her reading Shakespeare and her eyes lit up with sparkles as she was finally able to have someone to talk to!!

-Mickey also bonded with Hlokk, who, while shorter, became like a big sister, talking about clothes.

-Poppy on the other hand adored both Thor and Hercules, hugging their legs, beaming up at them when she managed to toddle over to them.

-The next day Jack and Hercules watched as your Jack and Hercules walked Mickey off of the farm, taking her to the school bus stop about a half a mile up the road, the two men following after, speaking with Mickey, curious about where she was going.

-Thor got to meet his animal, a large reddish colored bull, who looked calm, but Thor could easily sense the power and the two had a stare off for what felt like forever.

-Your Hermes had a job of pest control, keeping rats and other rodents away from the crops, as well as handling any intruders in the chicken coop, while your beloved canines handled with security, letting you know of any trespassers, humans or animals.

-You enjoyed having the few extra helping hands on the farm, as Hercules and Thor got into a competition over who could haul the most hay bales to the barns, while both of the Hlokk’s looked after Poppy.

-Jack tended to your vegetable garden, finding weeding it quite relaxing and Hermes was inside your home, with your permission, preparing lunch for everyone, while you were walking your cows out to their pasture to graze.

-When Mickey got off the bus she beamed, “Where’s my favorite boys?! Where’s my kisses?!” she instantly flushed, seeing both sets of Hercules and Jack there as the two dogs ran over while Jack chuckled warmly at her.

-You had to admit they were good company to keep, seeing the healthy appetites all around the room, including your own girls, was refreshing, but it was fun to keep feeding them until most were in food comas.

-Hermes was the only one who remained awake, sitting beside you on the porch swing, his head on your shoulder as he tried to stay awake, “May I ask, why weren’t you freaked out by seeing us?” you chuckled softly, rocking the swing lightly, “As I said, you’re not the first visitors I’ve had. The first one showed up when I was still pregnant with Poppy, right after my husband abandoned us and the farm. He was a funny man, but Mickey liked him, and he was kind enough to help me around the farm for a while after I gave birth.”

-Hermes was a bit curious, tilting his head up, “Oh? May I ask who that was?”

-You smiled softly, remembering your friend fondly, as he was funny but also mischievous, “His name was Loki.”

-Hermes snorted into his hand, laughing out loud while you smiled lightly as he thought it was hysterical that Loki came here first and helped you out.

-You leaned back, “Don’t mention that I told you about him, he was quite shy when he would talk about his family, like they didn’t want him finding out about where he had been. But if you see him, I have a Billy goat that’s a little shit just like him.”

-Cue round two of laughter.

-The following morning you, Mickey, and Poppy all wished your new friends well as you saw them off.

-They each said goodbye to their animal counterparts, except for Thor, who lifted his hand to his face, pointing two fingers at his eyes before he pointed them at the bull and only Thor saw the bull lift his hoof to his face before pointing back at Thor.

-Poppy was crying, not wanting to say goodbye, the same with Mickey, who didn’t want to lose her big sister and the first father figure she’s had in years.

-You were the only calm one, as your farm was a hot spot for events like this. You had a feeling this wouldn’t be the last you see of them.

[moths-wc-aus]

HF - Writing System

The Sects have a rudimentary writing system made up of symbols. It's used primarily to warn each other of dangers and to mark their territory. The River Sect has a larger system, which they use to carve stories into their clay pots.

Symbols can be combined to create more meaning. For example, "Moon" and "Bird" placed next to each other means "Owl". "Death" and "Holy Place" next to each other signifies a burial ground. Symbols for predators are often found next to "Danger" or "Caution", to really drive the point home.

Numbers 1 through 9

Nine, five, and four are deeply important numbers in Sect culture. There are four Sects, a cat has five claws on their front paws, and a leader gets nine lives. Since nine is the highest of these numbers, that's the highest the Sects' numerical system goes.

When a number goes past nine, you will find another number added to it (Ex; "Nine" and "Four", meaning thirteen).

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"Many"

Used when the number of something is too high to count.

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"Sun / Day" and "Moon / Night"

Not found often on its own, these symbols are typically paired with another one to alter its meaning (Ex; "Moon" and "Bird" mean owl, "Sun" and "Wolf" mean dog).

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Sect Symbols

Used to mark territory. It's not uncommon to see different Sect symbols in the same place; it means that the area has traded paws throughout history.

The "River Sect" symbol is occasionally used in Thunder Sect to mark the existence of water!

The "Sky Sect" symbol, however, is only found in one place- the Deadpines- and only if you go deep enough. Modern cats are unaware of its existence- and if they've somehow happened to see it, they won't know what it means.

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"Danger"

Not usually found on its own, this symbol is typically paired with a predator symbol, "Poison", or "Sick". In Wind Sect, you may also find it alongside "Tunnel", to mark that a tunnel is dangerous and may collapse.

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"Snake"

Marks that a snake (or several, when paired with a number) has made a home there. Snakestones on Thunder Sect territory has this symbol carved into the trees surrounding it, alongside "Many", "Poison", and "Danger".

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"Wolf / Hound"

When alone, it marks that a single wolf has made a home nearby. Alongside the symbol "Many", it means that a pack of wolves live nearby.

As stated under "Sun / Day" and "Moon / Night", adding the sun symbol changes wolf to dog.

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"Bird"

On its own, this symbol most often means hawk or eagle. When paired with "Moon", the meaning changes to owl. Adding "Prey" to "Bird" means that this is a place where smaller birds (thrushes, sparrows, etc) like to hang out.

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"Alligator / Crocodile"

This is a symbol found only on Shadow Sect territory, but it's an important one. It warns that an alligator or crocodile lives nearby.

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"Moose / Elk"

A pissed off moose is no way to lose your life. This symbol warns that moose or elk like to stop by the area, so be alert!

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"Fish"

Surprisingly, this symbol is uncommon even in River Sect. It's really only used when paired with "Danger", warning that there's a pike or other such fish in the area.

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"Fox", "Bear", "Badger", "Bobcat", "Cougar", and "Coyote"

Used to mark the fact that a den or hunting ground of one of these predators is nearby.

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"Turtle"

Most often found in River Sect and Shadow Sect, this symbol doesn't represent your nice cute box turtle. Instead, this means a snapping turtle lives nearby.

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"Stoat / Weasel"

Often paired with "Tunnel", this is a symbol seen almost solely in Wind Sect.

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"Prey"

Used to mark that an area is rich with prey and has good hunting.

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"Poison"

Most often found by plants like yew and hemlock. These are typically left by healers, warning those who aren't as knowledgeable of plants that these aren't something to mess with.

May also be found near the "Snake" symbol!

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"Safe"

Often found near the "Holy Place" symbol, this marks the fact that an area is meant to be safe. There's no fighting here.

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"Caution"

A less severe version of "Danger". Often found alongside predator signs, "Poison", or "Sick".

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"Dead / Death"

Never found on its own, this symbol is seen alongside signs like "Sick" and "Holy Place". "Dead" and "Sick" paired together warns that whatever sickness is nearby is deadly, while "Death" and "Holy Place" means that a burial ground is nearby.

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"Sick"

Warns that there's sickness nearby. Often paired with "Death", "Caution", or "Danger".

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"Tunnel"

Marks that a tunnel opening is nearby. Most often seen on Wind Sect territory.

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"Garden / Farm"

Marks that an area is farmland or a garden, so please do not rip things up or kill the prey here!

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"Holy Place"

Found on its own at places like the Fourtrees and Mothermouth, and paired with another symbol for places like burial grounds.

[caxyanalysis]

so I recall someone being very touchy on the subject of furies and anthropomorphic animals, that is, one not being another. Perhaps it's something you know more about, a particular distinction you would make between the two or none at all, anyway, something you perhaps would like to analyse, no pressure ofc

~~(__^·>

^imagine its a racoon, for happy points, anyhow have a lovey day!

So if they're touchy on the subject of furries vs anthros, they don't quite understand it.

Furries, depending on context, are either the creature or the real world person. A Furry, the real world person is an individual who admires, desires, or otherwise enjoys the concept of anthropomorphic beings (anthro animals, mythical creatures, etc). A Furry, the creature, is an anthropomorphic animal, mythical creature, etc. Some narrow it down even further to say a furry is specifically anthro animals that have fur (foxes, bears, wolves, cats, most mammals yknow?) while anthro animals that have scales are called scalies, anthro birds are avians, etc, but ultimately "furry" refers to ALL of these things as it is also a catch-all for any anthropomorphic animal.

A more common distinction to make is furry vs feral, which depending on the context it's happening in is either an innocent difference between the two, or a point of massive contention and debate.

A feral is any animal as we know it. Think real world dogs, cats, bulls, etc, those fall under the banner of feral. In furry culture there exists a subculture of those who, while they enjoy aspects of anthropomorphism, they prefer the aesthetic of feral, and have created their own category of "furry" which is "feral furs". Ferals, in the furry context, are sentient, intelligent beings with human-or-greater intelligence (depending on OC lore) that simply exist within an animal body. The best example of this is found in things like the movies Balto, or Bolt, where the completely normal animals are capable of the same level of thought and mental capacity as humans.

To touch on the debate without getting too deeply into it, due to the nsfw side of the furry culture, there is also an nsfw side of the feral furs culture, which leads to debate as to whether they are morally wrong or not. Ultimately, it's down to personal interpretation as to whether they are (some argue for the Harkness test of "is it of physical maturity, is it human-level or greater intelligence, and can it consent and express non-consent in a way you can understand", while others argue that the physiology inherently makes it wrong)

If the person you're referring to got touchy over furry vs anthro, they may be misunderstanding furry as feral, or they may simply not understand that, if the "anthro" in question is animals of some kind (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mythical animals, etc) then it counts as furry.

However, furries are not the only anthropomorphic beings. Death from Discworld (along with all other beings like him such as Death of Rats, The Hogfather, The Tooth Fairy, etc) is by definition an anthro. He is an anthropomorphic personification, which means he falls under the banner of anthro.

So if their issue was "anthro doesn't mean furry", they are ever-so-technically correct as "anthro" does not inherently mean "furry", and neither does furry inherently mean anthro.

But ultimately, furry and anthro CAN be used interchangeably, and doing so is not cause for contention in any sane circle.

Also

Thank you for the raccoon <3 I love the little critters ^-^

[yesterday05]

run by a system mostly for littles

hi, pinned post, please like if you read, tysm❤️

no nsfw / kink interaction here, please, and in addition we personally avoid pacifiers + diapers the latter of which is usually triggering, thanks*

*we are OK with regressors or syskids who find comfort in pacifiers or d*apers, we just personally dislike them / have trauma surrounding them in regards to regression

playlist for your troubles

main is @b0xspring, sys specific blog is @boxspringz. other littles w/o blogs listed might reblog things as well but we try to keep the general stuff here. he/it collectively, age ranges are pretty varied but typically the littles here posting are around 6. non traumagen systems please dni, no syscourse etc we’re too tired to get into anything

might try to tag some posts? writing this very blurry and possibly overall regressed rn but here are some emoji tags for some frequent posters & their blogs (if they feel comfortable enough to share)

🌈 izzy: she/they

🎋 baby / julia: any @bubbabouncer

🦊 ren / clover: she/he @sleepingkitsune

🦋 girl / luna: she/her @liddellgirl (cw?)*

🎀 girl / lizzie: she/it

🐈 kitty / riley: she/her [this blog! also izzy’s]

🐶 lulu: she/they @oupylulu

⏱️ link: he/him @lullabyboy (not very active)

🕯️ wax: she/any @waxwormwood

📦 box: she/he [this blog!]

🐺 hunter: he/him @huntergrave (cw/tw)*

work in progress, more below the cut if you’re interested

*could have potentially upsetting content reblogged/not entirely just regression posts

some more interests / identities . . .

🌈 izzy !

- mlp (esp. fluttershy), wolves, twilight princess, rainbows, iridescence & opalite, animal jam, coraline, nintendo wii + gamecube, sesame street (esp. elmo & julia), geese, cats, ferrets, namine (kingdom hearts), eevee

🎋 baby / bouncer / julia / mei !

- red pandas, turning red, sesame street (esp. julia), stuffed animals, toys, nature, bingo heeler

🦊 ren / clover / nanako !

- madoka magica / magical girls, nanako dojima, persona 4, pokémon (esp. fox pokémon), animal jam, futaba sakura, huohuo (hsr), qiqi (genshin), star guardian ahri + soraka (league of legends), the fox & the hound, clovers, studio ghibli (esp. spirited away & ponyo)

🦋 girl / luna !

- alice liddell (alice: madness returns), mourning doves, mlp (esp. princess luna), lavenza (persona 5), coraline, the color blue

🎀 girl / lizzie !

- mangle (fnaf), natsuki (ddlc), the color pink, parties, ldshadowlady + minecraft

🐈 kitty / riley / anne-marie !

- animal jam, inside out, tangled, pokémon, webkinz, wolf children, animal crossing (esp. population growing/gcn), peewee’s playhouse, spongebob squarepants, super mario games, dragonball, mlp (esp. twilight sparkle), pound puppies, littlest pet shop, tmnt 2012, all dogs go to heaven, land before time, cats

🐶 lulu !

- blues clues, bluey, littlest pet shop, pound puppies, scooby doo, dog with a blog

⏱️ link / boy / hero !

- ocarina of time + majora’s mask, cows, horses, chickens, minecraft, princess zelda & navi, koroks, teddie / kuma (persona 4)

🕯️ wax / marcy / briar !

- candles, spirals, pink + white + black, vocaloid (esp. hatsune miku), opossums, cookie run (esp. milky way cookie), little white kitties, draculaura, adventure time (esp. marceline)

📦 box / angel !

- general early 2000-2010’s nostalgia, most of everyone’s interests combined, twilight princess, rain, blankets + stuffed animals, nighttime, animal jam, red pandas + wolves, calico cats, deer, lambs, tales of symphonia, adventure time, the owl house, amphibia, gravity falls, littlest pet shop, my little pony (fim + g3), sleepovers / pillow forts / safe places

🐺 hunter !

- the owl house, any & all halloween nostalgia, autumn, red cardinals + other birds, wolves, twilight princess, plants, gladion (pokémon usum)

[qwizzers]

Do you have tips for drawing good animal anatomy?

for anthro, i usually draw similarly to human anatomy, and add fur in some places. for my style, the face is where i add the most animal traits.

there are two types of ways to draw anthro characters - digitigrade and plantigrade. i'd google some references of both to see which you like better! i like plantigrade, where the legs are more humanlike, and digitigrade is more animallike! for feral, shapes are really helpful! i start with a circle for the head, and an "action line" for the general shape of the body (just a swoopy line of what direction/shape i'd like the body to be in) and then i start filling in the shapes of the other body parts! definitely will help you to look up images of wolves/cats/dogs/foxes etc. and just finding shapes in the body and figuring out which ones you feel are most important to sketch out! it's easier to build a pose around said shapes than to just draw it from your head (same goes for anthro!)

[huntersmoon1]

If Jack was a dog.

If Hercules was a dog.

Ok I just gave myself an idea for a request.

What if Jack,Hercules, Hermes, Thor, Hlokk, and any other characters you want got sucked through a portal and meet there au dog counterparts and there owner who is a single mom and her daughters one is in her teens and the other is a toddler who just learned how to walk steady on her feet.

Dog Jack and dog Hercules like to walk the older daughter to and from the bus stop, they live on a farm in the country so the bus stop (which is basically a tree with a bench underneath it) is a long way from the house.

Dog Jack has his own puppy a little female who is the runt of the litter. His owner breed him with a Great Dane female all the other puppies got sold but they let him keep this one since they became so attached to each other,Hlokk is pretty much her big sister (or should I say small sister, even a runt from a half Great Dane litter would be kinda tall.).

Hlokk can tell it’s them cuz of her keen nose,Jack made a comment in the recent extra chapter that she has a keen nose. And if that wasn’t enough to convince them the dogs even have the same names as them and look exactly like them lol.

Each dog has there own role to play on the farm like for example:

•guarding the house and the barn at night.

•rounding up the hens if they get loose.

•chasing foxes and or raccoons out of the hen house.

•herding the sheep.

•keeping predators like wolves and cougars out of the horse corral and barn.

•making sure the cats doing it’s job as pest control eating rats,mice,snakes,etc.

•babysitting (yes Jack and or Hercules babysit BOTH daughters even if the older says she doesn’t need it. They know she likes the company.).

•being escorts for the girls is one of them (a self assigned role) they both get a hug a kiss and an I love you before she says goodbye and gets on the bus and when she gets of the bus.

[nunuisancenewt]

So my first thought is that this sort of fits into the the Sympathetic Devil standing up to Tyrants narrative, (as in the fallen angel lucifer narrative) with the devil reversing the role and chasing them out of the glen, to presumably not be eager to hunt foxes soon.

It's also an interesting take on the "Wild Hunt" motif, where a powerful pagan (always dangerous, sometimes demonic) supernatural force leads a procession of spirit hounds/humans/horses on a wild hunt through the night. here it is the quarry not the headhunter.

It also makes me think of wolves and them being symbolically the devil for hunting sheep (aka christians). a medieval huntsman viewing predatory animals, especially wild canines, as demonic, and the devil as a sort of predatory pest, makes sense, it's not a completely weird thing to say. (Though notably hatred of wolves was more based in protecting livestock than any "rational" fear)

I don't think the devil intends to be caught, it just agreed to be /chased/ "If Only the devil himself come by, we'll give him such a race" and he transforms form after escaping behind a river.

of-course it's playing with the idea of hunting as a "sport" and the "compete with a devil motif" by challenging the devil to a "sport" he made it an actual sport, one where both sides get chased! (I think you covered this well)

Your comment gives me a chance to talk about a subject matter I've thought about but feel like a freak bringing up unprompted, so thank you.

Bestiality

I had the vague misimpression for a while that bestiality was sort of like Non ritualistic murder&cannibalism. Where it is something almost vanishingly rare as a normalized common practice, but so instinctually taboo, that it was a perfect thing to acuse the next-door tribe of.

Then I read the % rural men in a survey Kinsey did that performed bestiality, mainly oral sex on calves, was 40-50%

anyway, I was going to say something about the rural/urban divide, and i'm guessing for a livestock farmer fucking a cow seems like fucking a couch cushion/pumpkin/flesh-light, and it is only to the urbanite that is more shielded and only interacts with well cared for dogs and cats it has some affection for, that the cow would be veiwed as a actual sexual partner in this scenario. which causes moral disgust about partnering with a lesser creature.( notable counterpoint is the heavy sexualization of livestock in a comedic way, I think what we should take from it is, linking to your fish-folk above, it's percieved as fine if non-consensual, and this is connected to the exploitation of both womens and animals bodies, especially their female reproductive and lactational organs, read The Sexual Politics of Meat for more of this sort of thing)

(I don't buy for a second the taboo around bestiality is based in good moral ethics and you can't convince me otherwise, to be clear: this is not me suggesting bestiality is fine actually)

As for Actual Animal Personhood ( as implied by the “contract”) in practice............. ehhhhhh, sometimes I see people suggest we wouldn't need Veganism and could still breed pets and working animals and wildlife for conservation if we had good laws that recognized non-human personhood..... (and putting my antinatalism to the side, I don't think people should be having kids but I don't think it is worth being hung-up on either) , and though some like captive chimpanzees and elephants and wild Columbian hippos, have legally gotten this treatment, on a whole it is just not possible, because society isn't going to send people to jail for manslaughter over spiders or ants, and sure you could restrict it to "only vertebrates" or some other arbitrary cutoff, but there would still be bees/shrimp/silkworms/fruit-flys/snails/octopi/mealworms etc. being farmed/abused/killed/commodified, so yeah It would be an improvement but it's not a "solution" to the issue of how to treat animals.

My alternative position is we should

#1 stop commodifying l animals, (by which I mean those with a Central Nervous System+ box and crown jellies)

#2 give some-sort of special guardian like status to pets, and make a clear legal distinction between true-wildlife and feral/stray domestic animals, arguing the former are parts oh human society we are obligated to care for and giving them a simmilar legal status to street orphans.

#3 minimize our interaction with wildlife/destruction of nature,just leave them alone, maybe frame it in uncontacted tribe terms as sovereigns or something.

#4 ABSOLUTELY don't spread sentient life-forms to other celestial bodies, one planet full of suffering is bad enough

#5 maybe re-access how to interact with wildlife in the far far future when we have progressed enough where we can actually make decisions on how to change the ecosystem to be more humane that aren't just flimsy excuses to shoot artificially inflated deer populations.

that was a lot and sort of ran off the train-tracks, trying to address all my thoughts both on your commentary and the song itself. THANKYOU for letting me know you wanted my thoughts on something!!!!!!

This is like the rolequeer version of that "I'm the priest's favorite sacrificial lamb" post.

Somebody once commented that part of the intended horror of A Shadow Over Innsmouth was precisely that the freaky human/fish-person sex was mutually consensual (I'd say they were probably right concerning author's intent; I can see this tendency in Lovecraft very clearly in Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family). This reminds me of that in an interesting way. The black fox suggests replacing a unilaterally imposed non-consensual and often lethal relationship with a mutually consensual relationship in which something that the hunter can't truly kill or seriously hurt absorbs the hunter's violence, and we're supposed to find that scary. Taken at face value, this Devil is a surprisingly altruistic and weirdly Christ-like figure, basically offering to suffer and be killed over and over for the benefit of another.

I mean, it's the Devil, so plausibly there's fine print they're not telling us about, but that's kind of the point, isn't it? Contractualism is a kind of social code; to accept a contract is to acknowledge another being as something like a social person, and a social person can have social rights, including a right to reciprocity. To make an implicit contract with the Devil-fox is potentially to accept an implicit debt to it. Much safer to just kill a dumb normal fox.

(@aksemmi, @hedoughnism).

[radiocmyk]

Compilation of therian resources

Below the cut is every resource for therians I have posted so far on my blog, with some new additions, organized by function.

Theriotype Research

Resources for Informational Articles

Encyclopedia of Life: includes scientific data like prey and predator species, specific ecoregions inhabited, lifespan, sensory threshold, etc.; also includes links to third-party scientific articles; has many pages on very obscure species, as well as plants, fungi, protists and even prokaryotes

Animal Diversity Web: Wikipedia-style articles on species range, habitat, behavior and physiology; features nested taxonomic lists that you can use to find closely related species

NatureServe Explorer: shows detailed information on conservation status and data on habitat, range, and diet on animals, plants and fungi in North and South America

Photos and Audio

iNaturalist: community based around casual observations of animals, plants and fungi in the wild, features a lot of nonprofessional, realistically captured photos of species as they exist in their natural habitat, rather than the exaggerated way professional photographers often portray them. WARNING: searches may include images of dead animals, especially for mammals

Macaulay Library: resource for photos of animals and especially for recorded audio of vocalizations, mostly of birds

Resources to Feel Closer to Your Theriotype

Audio and Video Resources

myNoise: an index of noise generators, many of which are of natural environments like forests, jungles, rivers, the arctic, the ocean, and more

explore.org nature cams: livestreams of various animals, including common kintypes like wolves, bears, domestic dogs and cats, birds of prey, bats, big cats and horses

Stuff You Can Buy

Birdorable: shop that sells cups, mugs, t-shirts, stickers and phone cases of cute cartoon birds, with a lot of various species including many obscure ones

Fursona Pins: a store catered towards furries that includes a catalogue of pins of animals with pride flags, with a large selection of species including common kintypes like wolf, bear, lion, cat, coyote, hyena, horse, fox, raven, but also some less common ones like red panda, badger, skunk, moth, rat and ferret

A Selection of Etsy and Redbubble Stores

bone and bloom: curio/vulture culture shop

Of Moth and Moon: curio/vulture culture shop

katarinanavane: curio/vulture culture shop

furmasters: affordable tails

Preserved With Amber: curio/vulture culture shop, also slightly less affordable tails; based in the UK

Sidian Arts: has a huge selection of animal-themed face masks, including a lot of common kintypes (lion, bear, fox, wolf, dragon, raven, etc.) and uncommon kintypes (seal, red panda, badger, ferret, dolphin, etc.)

[cakeleighh]

I’m sorry, it’s an addiction, I can’t help but make pointless aus and put too much thought into them. So, behold; a dbd/warrior cats crossover that’s not actually like a dbd /warrior cats crossover.

Sorry for the crappy hand-writing, and any bad gramma / spelling mistakes. I was concentrating on getting the idea down before I passed out

Anyway, getting back on point. I like thinking about what their actual warrior names would be, but considering how many there are and how hard it can be to learn all these new words/combinations, I’ve decided to stick with their actual names. But it isn’t pointless, cuz the vast majority of these cats will come from backgrounds with two-legs instead of from a clan. So they stick to the names they were given.

As for all the designs, I only used my knowledge of cat breeds, and what I could remember from the WCUE editor to help me. I know some people are picky about this kind of stuff, so I’ll say it now, I didn’t look at any online cat OC’s to create these designs, so I’m genuinely sorry if it shows some resemblance to any you’ve created. I was looking at cat breeds, (Eg; Siamese for Ace, tortoiseshell for Nea, Bengal for Jill etc), as well as considering what the customisation in Warrior Cats Ultimate Edition allowed you to do. I was also considering the character’s normal features, like hair colour, clothing, personality. And hey, if anyone wants to nab one of the designs to use, feel free to. I’m probably not gonna do much with the au so it’ll go to waste anyway.

Another thing to note about the designs is that I wanted there to be a defining feature on the cats so it’s a lot easier to tell who is who. For example; Jake’s dark turquoise bandanna, Claudette’s cute vine flower thing, Quentin’s scars. I decided I wanted these because identifying animal versions of characters can be very hard at first, and so having an item that links back to their original character makes it a lot easier for everyone. Although, looking back on it I should’ve probably given Dwight a lil bow-tie, and Steve could’ve had a the sailor’s collar thingy. I’ll probably change it if I draw them again.

As for the story/lore, each got taken very similarly to how they did in the game, except they were cats this time, and so a few details are different. They’re on a semi-large hill surrounded by nothing but fog and mist. There’s barley enough food to sustain one cat in the hill, so they must venture into the fog continuously to either find food or find a way out. They quickly find that it’s not that easy, as many monsters seem to patrol the depths of the fog. Luckily, the monsters only seem to attack one at a time, and so most times they can escape with some food and only a few injuries.

Some cats know some monsters, for example, Quentin knows Freddy, Nancy & Steve know the demogorgan, etc. These cats tend to have a higher chance encountering the monster they know, which can be both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because the cats tend to know the strengths and weaknesses of the allocated monsters. Curse, because most likely than not the monsters hold a big part in some serious trauma with the allocated cats.

I haven’t decided the designs of the killers yet, I don’t even think I’ll stick to cats. Some will be, like Myers and maybe the hillbilly. But I want their designs to completely alienate them from the survivors. For example, the legion can be dogs / wolves. The wraith can be some kind of bird. The trapper can be a fox. And the doctor can be a huge human like normal because his design is already terrifying as it is and it’ll only get worse if I redesign it. Plus the thought of being a cat while being hunted by the doctor is probably scarier than being human and being hunted.

[sweet-star-cookie]

3, 11, 21, 27, 30 for the weird art ask game!!

Eeeey these are great, thank you! :D I’ll put the answers under the cut to save a dash or two haha

3. What ideas come from when you were little?

I’m assuming this is asking “what ideas do you have now that started from when you were little”, so I’m going to answer it like that lol

I have a bunch of different story ideas and characters that are from varying eras of my life at this point, all of which I intend to reboot/finish eventually, but rather than getting into all of those at once, I’ll talk more about general subjects/inspirations that I’ve had since childhood. It's interesting to see what subject matter I was most interested in at different parts of my life though!

I was REALLY into animal fantasy growing up (Warriors, Guardians of Ga’Hoole, etc.) so a lot of my oldest ideas feature animals/fantasy creatures as the protagonists, something that absolutely did not change! My love for dragons in particular (thanks to Spyro the Dragon) is one of the first things that any new person I meet learns about me, though I also really love cats (especially big cats), birds (especially owls and raptors), dogs (especially foxes and wolves), and pretty much every cool mythical creature I can think of. I had friends who were horse girls, and I was the dragon girl (Spyro, Dragonology, Eragon, The Last Dragon Chronicles, Dragon-type Pokémon, you name it). Though I have done some much needed expansion of my skills and subject matter since, I still tend to favour animal characters and creature design to drawing regular humans, to the point that I didn’t actually start drawing humans until college! Even with humanoids or monster kids, I tend to give them a lot more animal traits where possible, as I usually find them most interesting to work with.

Runescape was an early inspiration for my love of knights and fantasy weapon/armour design, and that definitely hasn’t changed either! I’m glad that my ability to draw humans has increased enough that I can actually draw proper armour on them now lol

Despite how prominent my star aesthetic is now (primarily influenced by Kirby), that actually wasn’t something that would appear in my art as a significant motif/influence until later in life. Or rather, I’d use it a lot as a kid without really thinking about it, as a lot of general fantasy stuff uses that aesthetic too, but I wasn’t consciously aware of my love for it until much later, and thus I lean into it a lot more nowadays. The influence was there from the start, but I guess the sleeper agent in my brain took a bit to kick in lol

Honestly, I carry the vast majority of my interests from childhood into my current art, so this list is far from exhaustive! Not to get too philosophical here, but I think I primarily use my art to maintain the connection to those things, as they still bring me the same or similar joy as they did in the past, only now I have the proper skills to actually make those ideas real. I think child me would freak out if she saw what I can do now, so it’s a great feeling :)

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what?

The short answer is “almost anything”, as I usually just have my unorganized YouTube playlist going when I need to work for a while, which I’ve periodically added stuff to over the years whenever I stumble across a new track I like. My taste in music is so varied that it’s incredibly hard to explain, though generally I tend to favour upbeat/fast tracks while working, keeps that dopamine flowing, you know? Anything from EDM to 90s/00s pop to power metal to electroswing to VGM, whatever gets the gears turning in the moment!

That said though, I’m in the process of curating more specific playlists for specific moods or if I’m drawing a particular type of sequence or scene (like a battle music playlist when drawing two characters fighting, stuff like that). I do this for when I’m writing stuff too, as I’m currently in the process of refining my workflow for comics and such, so hopefully that’ll be helpful for getting into the mindset for each of those different scenes later on. I find that I can't usually focus on art with anything other than music playing in the background though, even stuff I've seen before. Not quite sure why, but especially in the case of cartoons/anime, even if I've seen it a million times, I still like looking at it too much lol

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

Answered here! :)

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with?

Honestly every time I remember that warmups are a thing, I ALWAYS forget to actually do them, almost like a weird object permanence type thing lmao

Maybe if I actually got into a routine I might find them useful, but generally I find just drawing circles and lines to be too boring as a warmup. Not by deliberate choice really, as I’m sure they’d actually be helpful with consistent use, but really I just kind of... start until something happens I guess? My methods are mine, sure, but I wouldn't call them efficient necessarily. Either I get into the groove with what I’m drawing or I don’t, and then I decide if I keep pushing through or I switch to something else, especially if I'm working a specific character design/concept. The way that I refine the art for my character sheets involves gradually erasing/redrawing the same sketch until it’s essentially cleaned into line art (I find it keeps more of the life of the drawing that way), so I’m used to this kind of approach when starting my art in general. If I have to doodle something first to start, it’ll usually be a head of some kind of dragon or other animal.

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated?

Oooh… that’s a tough one! It’s hard to determine if art you post gets what you feel to be the amount of attention it deserves, as so many factors like post time, subject matter, and luck can determine how many people see it and/or interact with it. I guess my logo design stuff in general is kind of underrated? In the sense that I don’t think there are a lot of people out there that specifically nerd out when they see it like I do. Or at least, I haven’t come across many people that do so far! I understand why of course, characters and such are always going to have a far more universal appeal, and character design will always be my main forte, I just really love logo designs too, as I feel they can have a certain “character” of their own when done right. [insert the "graphic design is my passion" meme here but like, unironically] Here’s one of my most recent logo designs that I’m especially proud of :)

It's posted here if you'd like to reblog it independent of this post :3c

[paperstarwriters]

The arcana crew as beast-kin

Why? Because I wanna :P

General notes:

Everyone is based off of the card they’re associated with

Beast-kin tend to have magic that lets them look human (three forms; 1: anthropomorphic beast, 2: human with animal ears/wings and tails, and them as a normal human—I’ll be focusing on the animal aspects)

Just because they can do glamour magic doesn’t mean they can do other types of magic.

They still have their familiars, don’t worry.

If you wanna reference for the first form, just watch Beastars. The design is pretty similar (mainly thinking about the birds)

If you wanna reference for beast-kin in general check out the manga “Milady Just Wants to Relax” it’s what I’ve based the abilities off of and just beast-kin in general.

Asra

This sly fox :)

It’s probably because of my ties with anime but I imagine him like a multi-tailed fox

It’s purely so that you have more tails to cuddle and snuggle with.

You know how when foxes are in the snow they leap into the air then get their whole upper half stuck in the snow?

Well, when Asra hears something they want to catch, or they’re playing with Faust, they sometimes just... well....

It’s funny to see honestly.

Lowkey acts like a dog sometimes. They Loves the pats and chin scratches he can get and will whine until you give him more.

Sometimes you wake up to their tail(s) in your face. Good or bad, you decide.

In most folklore that have them, foxes aren’t exactly trusted, so often, Asra uses his glamour to make himself look like a human. However, when a customer runs unsavoury or maybe there’s just some mean brat that he wants to scare, his shadow still shows off his ears and tail(s)

Cuddles??? Cuddles!!!! Foxes are just so fluffy... Asra is no different. (In fact he might just be even fluffier)

Hate to delve a little into angst territory, but as a child since he was an orphan and all, Asra probably learned to basically act like a dog or a cat depending on the person to get more food, or to convince them that they’re a harmless beast-kin.

Nadia

Design wise, I love humanoid bird designs with their wings doubling as their arms and hands. Don’t ask me how this works logically right now we’re talking about crazy fantasy elements anyways, let me have this.

One thing I cannot get out of my mind is:

Nadia has her back to Lucio and he’s just talking and chattering nonsense. Then Lucio says something insanely stupid or offensive and whoever is talking to Lucio can see Nadia behind him just—

Whips her freaking head around 180°

It’s worse if she’s somewhere dark cause then you just see two red eyes coming into view as she slowly turns to glare at you.

Our queen is proud of her pretty talons, honestly probably spends a day sharpening them with Portia.

Goes out flying with Chandra at dusk if she has the time, and if you can fly (via spells, wings, a broomstick, etc.) you’re welcome to come along

Super accurate hearing. Honestly. It’s hard to hide an injury from Nadia even without her being an owl but she hears you Yelp in pain on the other side of the palace and she’s there in minutes.

Pretty problematic when she has headaches though :(

Preen feathers with her!! She’ll love having you card your fingers though her feathers making them less itchy. You’ll often help her preen after a bath, but honestly she’ll appreciate the sentiment anywhere but during an important meeting. It’s hard to concentrate when you’re providing her such wonderful affection.

Please don’t make owl jokes. She doesn’t like them. Sometimes she just avoids saying “who” so people don’t make that annoying joke. (It’s Natiqa’s favorite joke to make please spare Nadia the pain.)

“...and to whom will I be sending this?” “don’t you mean to “who” Dia?” *glare*

Julian

This is a happy raven ok? HAPPY. no birdie in a cage, ok?

The look we all know is probably his second form leaning to the first. Nadia’s would look somewhat similar

Crows & ravens are pretty dramatic birds. Reminds you of someone doesn’t it?

Idk if Edger Allan Poe even exists in this world, or any variant of it, but if it does... ooohhh if it does... this guy is totally gonna recite the poem in a dramatic flourish, and when he’s drunk you can sometimes find him chanting “ever more” same applies to any and all raven/crow themed media.

Screams. A lot. “Caw, caw b**ch” or “quoth the raven: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

Once convinced a bunch of birds to just go n take a dump on Lucio & his statue. He helped the servants clean when the work was dumped on them but they all agreed the bleat he made was hilarious(more on that later)

Shiny thing collector. Portia tried to get him to clean his stuff up but he has since bribed her out of it with a ball of yarn.

He and Portia make an odd pair of siblings, they’re still pretty much the same though. Crows are kinda just cats with wings.

“One day Illia, I’m probably just gonna eat you.”

*overly dramatic offended gasp*

All in good humor lol

Speaking of, their familiars are the same animal as they are!

So sometimes Julian scoops up Malak and says in a dramatic fashion (because however else would he say it) “I’ve found you my long lost brother! Oh how I’ve missed you!”

Portia does the same (more on that later)

Because his sister is a cat, Julian sometimes does a lot of cat-like things. (Case in point, he bleps. Tongue just kinda left out after yawning or something.)

Flies around with Malak often, like Nadia does, and sometimes carries Portia around with him. Will do the same for you if you want him to, sometimes if you don’t want him to as well. Expect to be grabbed from the ground and flown up into the sky at some point.

Bread. Boy loves his lobster claws but bread is a close second. “Aww yisss motha freaking bread crumbs”

Sometimes on a bad day, he just walks in dragging Pepi behind him who has her mouth latched on his tail

Portia

(If this were modern times) “you know, like, nya~!”

Look. Portia is so sweet to be around. But take that plus PURRING? And a soft as all frick FUR?

Honestly I think that sometimes when with Nadia has a bad headache, Portia purring is a great way to calm her down. You—you lucky MC, get to fall asleep to that.

She falls asleep on your lap and you are stuck there. Bound by a rule that transcends time and space. Her purring does little to aid the fact that YOU NEED TO PEE. The universe does not care of your internal tides, for your lover, who is also a cat, rests in your lap.

When she’s chasing down Julian for something stupid he often yells about being hunted. All in good fun!

“Mazelinka!!! Portia’s hunting me again!!!” “I wouldn’t be chasing you if you’d just clean your stuff!!!!”

Small boxes are her jam! Julian hates them, and like other birds doesn’t like closed spaces, but Portia loves em.

Good at squeezing into and out of tight places. Which is really helpful for sneaking around, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.

Swishy swishy tail.

Cast a little light spell for her to case down. She loves it, you love it, Pepi loves it— everyone wins! (Except for the furniture she crashes into)

Yes, she has picked up Pepi before and yelled very loudly for Julian to hear (often after he’s made the joke of his long lost brother Malak) “Oh Pepi, you’re my favorite sister!!!”

On a bad day, Malak may be found in Portia’s mouth. He’s completely unharmed if only a little ruffled, but it’s gotta be a pretty bad day to find her doing that.

If Camio is in her mouth it’s same business as always. She won’t kill hem either but if Mr. Sh**bird doesn’t shut up she’ll make him shut up. You don’t even know why he keeps coming back.

Not all cats like cuddling, but like Pepi, Portia LOVES it. So long as you’re the right person and not someone unpleasant.

Please don’t step on the tail.

As much as she doesn’t like baths she still does properly was herself. She just really doesn’t like it when her fur is all wet and clings to her body. Do you have a spell to dry her off quickly? Please use it. Save her the misery.

Muriel

pretty sure he’s even bigger as a bear. Like, it’s probably because of the added fur but— woah... Big. Bear.

Big arse bear with scars is SUPER intimidating buuuuut you saw him sitting in the sunlight with Inanna once, just napping in the sun. He looked so peaceful and so dang fluffy!!

He enjoys headpats and gets very flustered at belly rubs. He’s seen you do so to Inanna many times probably kinda wanting you to do the same to him though he would never willingly admit it.

When you two get closer expect to spend some time with his head in your lap. Pat his head rub his ears, Inanna may get jealous if you don’t also provide her attention

Just don’t let him fall asleep there, he’s gonna have a sore back later and you’re going to have numb legs.

Hunting, swimming, carrying you, this boy can do it all.

Unlike his usual(cannon) self, Muriel probably doesn’t carve any bear statures. The only one he’d have was probably a gift from Asra. Carves birds, bunnies, foxes, and wolves instead. Does NOT carve goats. Never have never will.

Again I hate to go int angst but Muriel probably wants to get his claws removed somehow. It’d hurt and it probably insanely unsafe, but they were used as weapons before and its one of the things on him that everyone is afraid of. If he could he’d probably try to change his teeth too.

Show him that claws aren’t something to be feared. They don’t have to be a weapon. They help him climb and hunt food and sometimes to even carve wood. Like humans and knives, his claws aren’t bad or inherently evil, and neither is he.

Giant. Teddy Bear. You will be getting hugs and falling asleep with a Giant Teddy Bear.

He probably keeps in his mostly human form though, because he stands out less that way and he looks a little less intimidating.

Short little bear tail on his butt. Plz don’t touch, he’s going to be blushing so hard if you do (let’s be honest, that’s all the more reason to do so)

In “Milady Just Wants to Relax” Beast-kin are feared as monsters and I don’t think it’d do Muriel any good to have to live with that kind of fear from everyone. However, when you come around un afraid and eager to provide head-pats, but patient enough to let him get comfortable with it, Muriel will probably start using less energy to try and glamour himself.

Sometimes he’s so caught up with you that when you go to the market together he forgets to cast a glamour. While some do get scared off most of the people who you buy from are only a little surprised and take things in stride. They still treat him like he’s human, and he’s forever grateful for that.

If I could write a beast-kin version of his route, the moment you and Muriel meet Morga is probably when you first realize he isn’t human. And it’s because Morga pointed it out.

“Why didn’t you fight? As a beast you’re stronger than them.”

He knows you’ve spent time with Asra but he probably assumed they kept it hidden from you most of the time.

Just love him please. Platonic or romantic doesn’t matter, just give him headpats and belly rubs and boop his nose. Keep him assured that you aren’t afraid of this giant teddy bear.

Lucio

We know of both first and second forms. They’re pretty much cannon, but just not a ghost.

Which means you finally get to pet the fluffy white fur.

This also means his horns can do an irritating amount of damage.

Also he’s so much more noisier now

*loud stupid goat noises*

It’s fun to make him bleat a lot. He tends to bleat when embarrassed. If you’re topping him expect a bleat every time you pin him to the wall.

Tries to butt heads with EVERYONE. Please stop him, Lucio is the only prey animal in the lineup!

Seriously, how has he survived this long?? Muriel is a bear! he could just.... chomp.

not that he would obviously, but I don’t think Asra would hesitate after what he’s done to you and his parents...

Portia too for that matter, if she realized that Lucio had forcefully given Julian the plague, Lucio would be forever running from a feral cat.

I know he’s probably skilled in fighting or whatever, enough to take down various fantastical beasts, but stiiiiiiilllll.....

Is it obvious I dislike Lucio?

Grouchy bias aside, Lucio is really good at climbing. Like I’m pretty sure he’s a sword fighter so just imagine him leaping onto ledges in order to get the high ground.

Still uses eyeliner. I don’t know how since he has fur sometimes, but yeah, he still somehow uses eyeliner.

Honestly he probably keeps in a mostly human form or just entirely human form for that reason exactly. It’s just easier to look good when he’s more human.

But if you wanna pet his luxurious fur then he is all but willing to take on his goat form. In fact, if he turns into his goat form around you (which is always) he pretty much expects you to brush his fur or just run your hands through his fur. He will whine very loudly if you don’t.

Spare everyone else’s ears (especially Nadia’s) and just give him the head pats.